Windows 7 Released to Manufacturing

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Until you can build a working general purpose reprogrammable computer out of basic components from radio shack, you are not fit to call yourself a programmer in my presence. This is cwhizard, signing off.

I intend to upgrade most of my computer at around the time when Ubuntu 9.10 comes out, which should be a week after Windows 7 hits the shelves. At the moment I am running a dual boot of Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows XP SP3.

Until you can build a working general purpose reprogrammable computer out of basic components from radio shack, you are not fit to call yourself a programmer in my presence. This is cwhizard, signing off.

I have a guarantee of continued support for XP embedded for at least another 5 years.

That seems to apply to everyone: Microsoft Support Lifecycle says extended support for all versions of Windows XP ends on 8 April 2014 (since that comes before 2 years after the release of service pack 3).

That seems to apply to everyone: Microsoft Support Lifecycle says extended support for all versions of Windows XP ends on 8 April 2014 (since that comes before 2 years after the release of service pack 3).

I think you meant 2 years after the end of the world in the Mayan calender, or else your current system is 3 years in the future. I don't have XP, so I can't say for sure.

err... that was a major fail on my part. I didn't know XP support had been extended again beyond 2010.

With that, chances are I will not be doing the upgrade very soon. I will still try it out sometime soon, though.
Windows XP hit a sweet spot in that it is still applicable to all applications I use or plan to use in the near future. The following OS releases, including Windows 7, seem to not offer anything really substantial that justifies an upgrade. But by keeping to provide new software that is purposely not compatible with XP (like they did with ActiveX), Microsoft will eventually force me out of XP. That didn't happen with Vista, but eventually I won't be able to skip Windows 7.

Why do I see a lot of "I might test it" in here?
It's been in beta and RC forever. Why haven't you snagged a copy and tried it out? Seriously? Does anyone here think Microsoft is just going to hand out a test version for free? Well, not to promote piracy or anything, but the RC build is still out there, and it will last into about March/April next year, so you might still be able to test run it. Just don't expect to download it from Microsoft servers anymore.
As for the whole upgrade for me... well, I do like Win7. But is it worth the money to upgrade? No. Never.
Then there's the whole issue with Win7E, which hopefully will be resolved soon as Microsoft is opening up to the EU suggestion.